Katia Mann

Was her husbands manager and the family provider.

Due to a psychosomatic illness, she spent several months in sanatoriums, which inspired her husband Thomas Mann to his novel "The Magic Mountain".

Is portrayed by Monica Bleibtreu in "Die Manns - Ein Jahrhundertroman" .

Born to Alfred Pringsheim, a Jewish mathematician, and his wife Hedwig, daughter of the noted feminist Hedwig Dohm, she grew up with four brothers in Munich.

Gave birth to her 1st child at age 22, a daughter Erika Julia Hedwig Mann (aka Erika Mann ) on November 9, 1905. Childs father is her late husband, Thomas Mann.

Gave birth to her 2nd child at age 23, a son Klaus Mann on November 18, 1906. Childs father is her late husband, Thomas Mann.

Gave birth to her 3rd child at age 25, a son Angelus Gottfried Thomas Mann (aka Golo Mann ) on March 27, 1909. Childs father is her late husband, Thomas Mann.

Gave birth to her 4th child at age 26, a daughter Monika Mann on June 7, 1910. Childs father is her late husband, Thomas Mann.

Gave birth to her 5th child at age 34, a daughter Elisabeth Mann-Borgese on April 24, 1908. Childs father is her late husband, Thomas Mann.

Gave birth to her 6th child at age 35, a son Michael Mann on April 21, 1919. Childs father is her late husband, Thomas Mann.

(May 22, 1949) Her 2nd child, a son Klaus Mann , committed suicide by drug overdose at the age of 42.

(August 27, 1969) Her 1st child, a daughter Erika Mann , died from brain cancer at the age of 63.

(January 1, 1977) Her 6th child, a son Michael Mann, committed suicide at the age of 57.

(March 17, 1992) Her 4th child, a daughter Monika Mann , died at the age of 81.

(April 4, 1994) Her 3rd child, a son Golo Mann , died at the age of 85.

(February 8, 2002) Her 5th child, a daughter Elisabeth Mann-Borgese , died at the age of 83.

Her 6 children died during 1949 to 2002. 3 of them died prior to her death and 3 after her death.